The 10 Best Kosher Restaurants in Toronto
The best kosher restaurants in Toronto offer not only delicious homestyle meals, but also serve up health-conscious variations and fusions of traditional flavours. Here are 10 of the most popular kosher restaurants around the city.
Yehudale's Falafel & Pizza
Restaurant, Kosher
Yehudale’s Pizza & Falafel is located in Thornhill, serving up big slices of greasy and delicious pizza, falafel, as well as Tunisian sandwiches. Their falafel is legendary, but there is also great kosher poutine (using pareve gravy), huge calzone, and lasagna.
Pantry Foods
Cafe, Restaurant, Kosher, Vegetarian, Canadian
Pantry Foods on Bathurst describes itself as offering “wholesome, straightforward, innovative food.” Located on Bathurst, Pantry offers a variety of dairy and vegetarian dishes including salads, sandwiches, fish entrees, and desserts – from breakfast to dinner. The emphasis is on offering healthier kosher food options.
Bubby’s Bagels
Restaurant, Kosher, Vegetarian, Seafood
Bubby’s Bagels offers fresh New York-style bagels in Thornhill, with more than 25 varieties of bagels, bialys, twists, and breadsticks to choose from. Additionally, Bubby’s has a full menu of breakfast and lunch options, along with a full line of packaged herrings, fish, spreads, and salads.
Aish Tanoor
Restaurant, Kosher, Middle Eastern, Israeli
Aish Tanoor is an Israeli-style kosher restaurant that offers a range of Middle Eastern “street-style” dishes, skewers, shawarma wraps, and more. They are known for their tandoor-style stove, which they use to make fresh laffa pitta bread to order.
Milk ‘N Honey
Restaurant, Kosher, Fast Food, Italian, Seafood
Milk N Honey can be found in North York. A restaurant and catering company that specializes in kosher comfort foods, popular menu items include pasta, deli-style sandwiches, panzerotti, and crêpes.
TOV-LI Pizza
Pizzeria, Restaurant, Kosher, Fast Food, Vegetarian, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
TOV-LI is has two popular locations on Bathurst Street specializing in vegetarian and Mediterranean food that is preservative-free. There is an extensive kosher menu that includes sandwiches, calzone, pasta, pizza, salads, fish, veggie burgers, soup, and all-day Israeli-style breakfast meals.
Dr. Laffa Restaurant
Restaurant, Kosher, Middle Eastern, Fast Food, Mediterranean
Dr. Laffa is a North York staple with two locations that offer a variety of Israeli-Iraqi recipes. With a cozy atmosphere, a flavourful menu that includes chicken schnitzel, kebab, lamb chops, tabouli salad, hummus msabbaha, falafel plates, baba ganoush, and kosher dishes.
The Kosher Gourmet
Restaurant, Kosher, Sushi, Fast Food, Salad Bar, Vegetarian
The Kosher Gourmet in North York provides fresh take-out and sushi, raw meats, poultry, salads, soups, and dips. They cater for house and office parties, along with preparing Shabbos Kiddushim and Shiva meals.
PizzaCafe
Pizzeria, Restaurant, Kosher, Canadian
Despite its name, PizzaCafe offers more than just pizza. There are breakfast options, sandwiches, pastas, salads, and soups on the menu, along with desserts and crêpes. Everything is prepared on a daily basis, and they also provide a catering service around the city.